Insecta - Coleoptera - Curculionidae

Alternative combination: Bostrichus ferrugineus

Synonym: Xyleborus confusus Eichhoff 1868

Full reference: J. C. Fabricius. 1801. Systema Eleutheratorum Secundum Ordines, Genera, Species Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Observationibus, Descriptionibus, Tomus II 1-687

Belongs to Xyleborus according to S. L. Wood and D. E. Bright 1992

See also Fabricius 1801 and Schedl 1939

Sister taxa: Xyleborus alluaudi, Xyleborus dispar, Xyleborus dryographus, Xyleborus perforans, Xyleborus priscus, Xyleborus resinosus

Ecology:

Distribution: found only at East Africa Copal (BMNH coll) (Quaternary of Tanzania)

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